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Rostellum :: Rostellum (n.) A small beaklike process or extension of some part; a small rostrum; as, the rostellum of the stigma of violets, or of the operculum of many mosses; the rostellum on the head of a tapeworm..

Rostrum :: Rostrum (n.) The Beaks; the stage or platform in the forum where orations, pleadings, funeral harangues, etc., were delivered; -- so called because after the Latin war, it was adorned with the beaks of captured vessels; later, applied also to other platforms erected in Rome for the use of public orators..

Abatvoix :: Abatvoix (n.) The sounding-board over a pulpit or rostrum.

Rostrum :: Rostrum (n.) The beak or head of a ship.

Rostrum :: Rostrum (n.) The pipe to convey the distilling liquor into its receiver in the common alembic.

Rostrum :: Rostrum (n.) Any beaklike prolongation, esp. of the head of an animal, as the beak of birds..

Rostrum :: Rostrum (n.) The anterior, often spinelike, prolongation of the carapace of a crustacean, as in the lobster and the prawn..

Rostra :: Rostra (n. pl.) See Rostrum, 2..

Rostrums :: Rostrums (pl. ) of Rostru.

Rostrum :: Rostrum (n.) The snout of a gastropod mollusk. See Illust. of Littorina.

Rostrum :: Rostrum (n.) The beak, or sucking mouth parts, of Hemiptera..

Rostral :: Rostral (a.) Of or pertaining to the beak or snout of an animal, or the beak of a ship; resembling a rostrum, esp., the rostra at Rome, or their decorations..

Rostrum :: Rostrum (n.) A pair of forceps of various kinds, having a beaklike form..

Sounding-board :: Sounding-board (n.) A board or structure placed behind or over a pulpit or rostrum to give distinctness to a speaker's voice.

Snout :: Snout (n.) The anterior prolongation of the head of a gastropod; -- called also rostrum.

Rostrum :: Rostrum (n.) Same as Rostellum.

Rostrum :: Rostrum (n.) Hence, a stage for public speaking; the pulpit or platform occupied by an orator or public speaker..

Rostrulum :: Rostrulum (n.) A little rostrum, or beak, as of an insect..

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